Renée Carl
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France. Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She makes an uncredited appearance, as "L'Andalouse," in The Vampires. In 1922, she directed and starred in the film A Shout from the Abyss, also known as Un cri dans l'abîme. In a 1924 interview for Mon Ciné magazine, she stated that she was introduced to film-making through her friend Léonie Richard. Selected filmography
Pépé le Moko
(La Mère Tarte)
La conquête d'Aurélia
Le Bas de laine
La Souris blanche
Le poison
Les Braves Gens
A General Strike
Le Mariage de l'aînée
Tant que vous serez heureux
Le Chef-lieu de canton
Le Pont sur l'abîme
The Dwarf
(La mère)
The Defect
(Anna Moulin, dite Nana)
The Trust, or The Battles for Money
(Juliette Michaud)
Custody of the Child
(Mother)
Bébé apache
The Heart and the Money
(Madame Mauguiot)
The Obsession
(Mme Trévoux)
Le fils de Locuste
A Very Fine Lady
(La dame vraiment bien)
The Nativity
The Open Eyes
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
La trouvaille de Bébé
Le Festin de Balthazar
André Chénier
L'Intruse
(La Breschard)
Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
Les Larmes de Colette
Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
The Huguenot
Les Misérables
(La Thénardier)
Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks
The Dungeon
Life As It Is
The Vipers
The Agony of Byzantium
(The Wife of Emperor Constantine)
Fantômas
(Lady Beltham)
La maison des lions
Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
(Charitable lady)
La cassette de l'émigrée
(Marie-Jeanne la lingère)
The Legend of the Spinner
(La Muse)
The Legend of the Spinner
La vengeance du sergent de la ville
L'hôtel du silence
Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses
The Colonel's Account
Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
(Bébé mother)
A Race for Millions
The Cavalry
(Mme de Moranges)
The Fault of Another
In the Land of Lions
(La Morena)
Cursed Be the War
Le monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
Esther
Jephté's Daughter
Judith and Holophernes
(Judith)
The Exodus
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Guardian of Camargue
The Toledo Chest
The Living Dead
The Bachelor Girl
(Mme. Ambrat)
L'accident
L’aventurière
The Seneschal's Diamond
The Wagon Child
L'aviateur masqué
The Legend of Prometheus
Bébé a le béguin
The Fate of Mothers
At the Hour of Dawn
Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone
Bébé Corrects His Father
(Mother)
Severo Torelli
(Dona Pia)
The Shipwreck
The Imager of Mont Saint-Michel
Thaïs
Baby Fisherman
Bébé nègre
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
The Secret of Forçat
Bébé veut payer ses dettes